tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-245480562024-02-07T11:21:41.902-07:00The Unspoken language of my soulArtist, Efrat Dalton share her unique art and lifeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-13789680278828887352010-04-30T16:59:00.004-06:002010-04-30T17:24:50.904-06:00Global Prayer for PeaceFor some time I have wanted to do something meaningful for peace in the Middle East region and with the help of my dear friend Mira we came up with this wonderful idea.If you wish and believe it is time to have peace and harmony in the Middle East then please join us on Sunday, May 2nd at 12 Noon (Pacific time) for a global prayer for peace in the region. All you have to do is take 3 minutes to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-2067723928187903122010-02-21T19:44:00.002-07:002010-02-21T19:54:46.297-07:00For the past few months I have been playing with fused glass trying to find a new look for the basic technique. I have been experimenting with a variety of materials such as paper, metals and different types of glass. If anyone knows about recycled materials that can be used with fused glass and would like to share it with me I would greatly appreciate it.I still have not achived my goal for whatAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-90979788621214761752010-01-11T10:35:00.005-07:002010-01-12T08:07:34.674-07:00For my DadFor the last few months my life has been so busy that I didn't have the time to post. I hope I didn't lose you, my dear readers.I just came back from another visit of three weeks in Israel. This time I had to go and help take care of my elderly father. I was afraid if we waited until summer to see him he may not know who we are. It's very hard to see your loved one slowly dying from old age, no Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-2397711901801244472009-10-04T11:56:00.026-06:002009-10-04T14:12:36.000-06:00'One Tribe - One Heart' Photo by LaWendula This Post should have really been posted on September 21 in honor of Peace Day, but since I have been ill for the last three weeks everything has been delayed. So I'm apologizing for the delay.A couple of weeks ago I participated in a project close to my heart for peace called:'One Tribe - One Heart' that was inspired by my new blogger friend LaWendula from Northern Germany (aAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-79506700968970240822009-09-26T19:25:00.005-06:002009-09-26T20:09:57.429-06:00Saying goodbye to old friends15 years ago I painted these walls for Mikaela's play room. It was one of my favorite rooms in our home, everyone loved hanging out with Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-duck and the windows that fooled a lot of people, thinking they were real.Redecorating this room was well over do...! But who can say goodbye to Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-duck? It was hard but in the end we said our final goodbyeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-18138622738006007222009-09-02T09:11:00.005-06:002009-09-02T09:26:40.103-06:00I'm BackIf you asked yourself where have I been for the last three weeks?Here is the answer…busy painting the charity rocking chair for a local private adoption agency that is having a fund-raiser in November.It came unassembled and it being a rocking chair I thought it would be much easier to paint it while it's unassembled. Originally I wanted to paint Peter Rabbit on the seat but after I got the chairAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-16467879446318082822009-08-10T15:51:00.002-06:002009-08-10T15:56:04.724-06:00Time fly by when you're busy…This week I was busy designing my business card for the millionth time. I'm never happy with my designs when it comes to my personal things… I'm such a pain in you know what…!I finally came up with this one; it's the front and the back. I went ahead and ordered them before I change my mind again.Yesterday a daughter of an old friend of mine celebrated her 15th Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-45397788308588324722009-07-30T16:59:00.006-06:002009-07-30T17:25:17.764-06:00My Unattended YardSince the beginning of this Summer I have been complaining and disappointed in myself for not attending my garden as I do each year for lack of time in the Spring and being gone. It's quite depressing this year sitting on my deck without any flowers planted in my pots…I have only the ones that are loyal and keep coming back each year no matter what the winter is like.This week while I was Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-65067365831826854402009-07-24T20:49:00.005-06:002009-07-25T09:39:40.942-06:00Family CreativityRemember my photos from my last post? Thanks to my dear readers I was encourage to make cards from my recent trip to the Poudre River. So here they are! They are a mini gift card that measure 2" x 2" and come with clear envelop. I sell them for only ONE dollar each…What a deal!!! They'll be available shortly on my website.Now I would like to brag about my talented teen writer; Maytal (Mikaela is Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-32705150656271896612009-07-17T17:52:00.006-06:002009-07-17T18:12:49.901-06:00A Day By the River Last weekend my family and I took a leisurely drive to the Poudre River for a little family time and timeout from our last month of traveling madness.My soul was aching for tranquil time and I did find it, if only for a short time, at the river.I would like to share my photos, which are the reflection of the thoughts going through my mind.*The path of my journey…Reflecting on my life journey…Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-3607630465983659182009-07-07T11:56:00.004-06:002009-07-07T12:09:43.832-06:00Sweet 16 Today is my beautiful and loving daughter, Mikaela's 16th birthday. I would like to honor her and this special day by sharing with you the poem that I wrote for her Bat-Mitzvah four years ago. Miracle You walked the heavens beside God and looked down on earthYou chose us as your parentsYou came to our life full of wonder as we gazed upon youWhat a miracle - so tiny but so blessedYou are the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-36933048367484523632009-06-28T02:36:00.006-06:002009-06-28T03:00:36.366-06:00Shalom friends,Today I would like to dedicate the post to the old architecture of Tel-Aviv Jaffe.Tel-Aviv is celebrating this year her 100th birthday. Tel-Aviv (Spring Hill) is the first modern Jewish city. I always loved the architectural beauty of this city and as a kid I always wished and dreamed of buying one of these beautiful buildings, renovate it and make it my home and studio. Life endedAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-68532878020487067392009-06-21T14:01:00.009-06:002009-07-17T15:55:27.048-06:00Secound Week in Israel Hi everyone,This post is a summery of last week. On Wednesday we went to a concert of Sarit Hadad (Israeli singer) at the old coliseum in ceseriea and it was awesome! The previews and next pictures are from the show.This is how they open the show with flying angels.Some of the excavations of Cesariea on display in the entry to the coliseumMy dad with Lee and the kite he made him. My dad has a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-42200331230870672432009-06-15T05:14:00.011-06:002009-06-15T06:17:24.046-06:00Surprise Party Last Saturday my cousin Eilat had her surprise 60th birthday party that her loving husband and her three kids had given her. This event turn to be also for me a reunion of the Shmaryahu family, most of my cousins and second cousins were there that I have not seen for at list 10 years or longer.The day of the party I realized that I didn't have a card made for my cosine's birthday. My dad's Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-84313486299499227112009-06-13T05:17:00.005-06:002009-06-13T06:00:11.838-06:00Dear Friends,This week I had the pleasure to show my home town, Tel-Aviv and to do shopping with my friend Janice and her family from Colorado. We both share a passion for antiques so I took her, her mother, Ann her son,Ryan and her daughter, Elizabeth to the Tel- Aviv BIG flea market in Jaffa to see what good deals we can find. I'm sad to say that we didn't find any antiques only some clothing Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-11943830886706419452009-06-07T17:23:00.007-06:002009-06-07T18:01:34.257-06:00My 1st Post from Israel - Meet My Family Mikaela with her proud grandfatherMy father is the type of men that doesn't show his feelings, but when it comes to my daughter Mikaela he will tell you that she is the love of his life.Mikaela with her loving grandmotherMikaela with uncle Ofer, my big brother Cousinly love, Mikaela and Lee we call him 'Lilush'They are so cute together... don't you think?Lilush, I love him sooooo much!My parentsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-55780330963112455722009-06-03T18:28:00.003-06:002009-06-03T18:35:50.154-06:00The Journey to My Homeland You have heard for the last month or so that I'm flying with my daughter Mikaela to Israel for three weeks to visit our family this summer. The time has finally arrived; tomorrow morning we will start our journey to Israel. It will take us from the moment we leave our home to the moment we arrive at my parent's home about 22 hours…Yikes!*The suitcases are packet all that's left is the computer Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-45914013499662420582009-05-30T23:30:00.007-06:002009-05-31T08:54:51.286-06:00Antique Shopping on Saturday MorningThis morning I got to join my friends Cheryl, Lynn and Paulette for a relaxing Saturday morning antique shopping. We drove to a Quester garage sale that held in a beautiful old barn that nest in the front range of the Rocky Mountains. The property was so striking that I was so busy taking photos instead of shopping.For all of you that are not living in our area you should enjoy to see the charm Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-67714707042269785982009-05-25T20:21:00.008-06:002009-05-25T20:52:09.677-06:00Art, Art, I Want You!My Friend Caterina posted this wonderful YouTube video on her blog and it's so perfect of expressing my feelings about my art these days, so I would like to share it with you.I would like to thank everyone that comment about my previous post and for all of your encouraging words. I ended up framing the picture for my friend and it looks lovely.I was also been asked if I will blog while I'm in Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-51240219006291739392009-05-22T13:02:00.003-06:002009-05-22T13:45:11.096-06:00Dance With Me"Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance."Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, February 2003Dear friends,So much to do and so little motivation to do them… It's so not like me… and I'm so annoyed by it!I feel a little bit overwhelmed mentally and emotionally, as the time get closer and closer for me to travel to Israel and visit my family. I should be used to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-33458593913430176552009-05-16T10:50:00.011-06:002009-05-16T21:50:11.587-06:00Funky Fold Book Dear friends,Today I would like to demonstrate how to make this mini book with the unique and funky fold pages.***Tools & Materials:81/2" x 11" paperPaper cutterBone folderGlue stickRibbonImages for collageMat board1. Cut from a 81/2" x11" paper, six 3.5" x 3.5" squares.2. Start with the first square and fold it horizontally to a half .3. Open the paper and fold it vertically.4. Open the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-87582888281823208232009-05-09T12:04:00.008-06:002009-05-16T21:50:47.303-06:00Mother's Day "God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers."~Jewish Proverb***“MOTHER”…I love to pronounce and listen to the sound of this word - it's so powerful and at the same time so tenderI consider myself nothing less than the luckiest woman on earth to have been raised by and related to three beautiful mothers who shaped my life to make me the woman and mother that I am today. This post Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-9105123585831493292009-05-02T19:53:00.007-06:002009-05-16T21:51:58.162-06:00New Kiln A month ago I finally decided to invest my money and buy a kiln.After two long weeks of searching the net, I bought a PMC kiln, and then realized when I got it, that it would not do everything that I wanted, especially because of the size *I finally stumbled on this wonderful multi-media kiln (DELPHI EZ-PRO DELUXE), which I love! It is pre-programmed to fire ceramics (up to cone 02, 2000F Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-73906637790577702882009-04-25T16:35:00.016-06:002009-05-14T13:15:21.235-06:00After the Show The five artists(L-R) Sara Massey, Caterina Giglio, Christi Wich, Myself and Kelly Feraro.Last night was the opening night of our art show the 'Elements of Botany'.I had such a wonderful time sharing this show with my talented artist friends.We had a wonderful crowd attend the show. It's always a pleasure seeing old friends and meeting new people. I would like to thank everyone that came to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24548056.post-78666094276908665592009-04-19T12:54:00.007-06:002009-05-14T13:14:21.844-06:00You're Invited I would like to invite you all to join my friends: Caterina Giglio, Christi Wich, Kelly Feraro, Sara Massey and I for the 'Elements of Botany' show that is sponsored by the owner of EsScentuals, (a beautiful little Parisian shop in Downtown Fort Collins) Meg Deweese. The show was inspired by the Round Robin altered books that the five of us did in 2007 and was published in Somerset Studio Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057877524950814679noreply@blogger.com3